Message from Havant Borough Council re Local Plan 2036: "We would like to thank everyone who attended our Draft Local Plan 2036 Exhibitions at the beginning of the year and those who took the time to submit a representation about the draft plan. Since the consultation ended we have been looking through all of your representations in order to ascertain what the best way forward with next edition of the plan will be. It is anticipated that we will be publishing all of the repr

Opportunity to join the My Guide scheme Would you like to make a real practical difference to someone living with sight loss? Would you like to be instrumental in helping someone to participate more fully in their local community and work towards greater independence? The charity Guide Dogs are currently seeking volunteers to do just that as part of their ground breaking My Guide scheme. My Guide is a service provided by Guide Dogs to support people who are living with sight

Copy of email received from Porstmouth Water: "Portsmouth Water Draft Water Resources Management Plan (DWRMP) We have launched a public consultation of our Draft Water resources Management Plan (DWRMP). The consultation will involve getting views from both the general public and our stakeholders. The consultation lasts until Friday 25th May 2018. To help with the consultation we have produced a summary of the plan (which you can find a link to at the bottom of this page and o

The following is an extract from the Woodland Trust (online) Planning Advisor, Victoria Bankes Price, regarding the Government's recently revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). It highlights some of the problems we encounter dealing with Havant Borough Council's Local Plan: "The new consultation draft of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is a mixed bag, with great news for ancient woodland but bad news for aged and veteran trees. Although the big iss

Since the project was cancelled last year, a group formed by various parts of the local community and led by West Sussex CC have been coming together to consider a way forward to ultimately bid for funding to improve the A27. . This has led to the appointment by West Sussex CC of a transport consultant who has prepared a long list of possible options. You can see descriptions of the options and respond to a WSCC online survey to give your view by clicking the button below:

Anecdotally we've heard that Havant Borough Council did not collect Hayling's Monday March 5th garden waste from the bins left out because of "bad weather". Apparently this collection will have to wait until their next scheduled one in two weeks' time.

STATUS REPORT ON THE A3023 PROJECT FROM SAVE OUR ISLAND GROUP & HAYLING ISLAND RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Now that we are getting closer to the conclusion of the Havant Borough Council’s (HBC) Local Plan, it is an appropriate time to update the Island residents on the status of the A3023 review process. The Save Our Island Group (SOI) and HIRA have been working together for the past 18 months on this project as members of the HBC Hayling Island Infrastructure Advisory Group. The

Recently revised Government Planning Policy may expedite housing development, but we trust that the Housing Minister’s support for building town houses in cities, providing affordable homes where there are existing jobs and facilities, will reduce pressure on ‘valuable’ open spaces. Meanwhile, Councils’ desperate attempts to prevent developers’ Appeals, claim that allocating house building will improve infrastructure. Hayling has not yet seen the 2013 Goldring Development’s

KH001-3094762 Havant Road, Hayling Island Following recent weather warnings for snow & high wind tonight, we have decided to postpone the start of this work until Monday 5th March 2018 (evening). Note, work will still be completed within the original 10 night notice. Should you wish to discuss this further, please contact me in the first instance on 02392 499888 ext.2260. Regards Michael Maynard Snr M&E Project Manager Investment Team